Lake District

noun

1. a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.

Lake District

noun

1. Also called: Lakeland. a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region

Example Sentences

Germany defender Thiaw had been in a training camp in the Lake District a few weeks before his £35m move went through when the subject of Newcastle came up.

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While bluestones are also found in the Lake District and Scotland, Prof Evans said the evidence clearly pointed to the animal coming from Wales.

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"Its scientific, ecological, cultural importance, whether you are an artist, a poet, wild swimmer, motorboat owner, it's just intertwined in the whole kind of social and ecological fabric of the Lake District," he added.

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He was given a community order and restraining order at Newcastle Magistrates' Court weeks after the Lake District ordeal.

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They are images of the ringleader of the 7/7 bombings - first caught on camera at an al-Qaeda-associated training camp in the Lake District in 2001.

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